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‘The Ultimate Betrayal’: Pingree Condemns House Passage of Reconciliation Bill

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Following House passage of the Republican reconciliation bill, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement: With the narrow passage of this reckless bill, Republicans have brazenly chosen to sacrifice the health and economic security of working Americans to give massive handouts to billionaires and corporate interests. This legislation represents the ultimate betrayal ...

Maine Delegation calls on Admin. to release rural connectivity funds

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In a letter to the Commerce Department leadership, Maine’s Congressional delegation last night urged the Trump Administration to reverse its decision to freeze nearly $35 million of federal funds designed to close the digital divide between rural and urban communities in the state. “As one of the most rural states in the nation, Maine is especially affected by this decision, which will have an out...

WATCH: Ranking Member Pingree Blasts Interior Budget as a Blueprint for Destruction

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Today, during the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee hearing for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget request with Secretary Burgum, Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) laid out how the Trump Administration is dismantling the Department of the Interior—abandoning its core mission to protect our environment, preserve our public lands, and help steward our natural resources in or...

‘This Bill Will Starve Families’: In Agriculture Committee Markup, Pingree Slams GOP for Gutting Anti-Hunger Programs

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Last night in the House Agriculture Committee markup of the partisan reconciliation bill, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) spoke out against Republicans’ proposal to slash $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). In her opening remarks, Pingree questioned how leaving Americans with fewer tools to feed their families affordably and healthily, further straining ...

Pingree Slams DOGE’s Plans to Gut NPS Funding for Tribes, Climate Resilience

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Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is sounding the alarm over illegal plans by Elon Musk’s rogue “agency” to gut grant funding for the National Park Service. Many of the grants, including two in Maine, targeted by DOGE for elimination aimed to support Tribes and protect public lands from the impacts of climate change. Pingree, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommitt...

Pingree Raises Red Flags Over Exorbitant Kennedy Center Funding Proposal as Trump Moves to Dismantle Arts Agencies

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member on the House Interior and Environment Subcommittee, is voicing skepticism and concern over Republicans’ budget reconciliation proposal for the Kennedy Center–which is nearly six times more than the annual funding appropriated through the Subcommittee. “It’s hard to ignore the red flags here. While the Trump Administration is gunning to elimin...

Pingree Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Trade and Deepen US-Iceland Economic Partnership

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Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Congressman Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) reintroduced the Iceland Commercial and Economic Leadership for Arctic and National Development (ICELAND) Act. This bipartisan legislation would add Iceland to the list of nations eligible for investment and trade in the U.S—provided that U.S. nationals are treated similarly by the government of Iceland. The bill w...

Falmouth, Cumberland Students to Attend US Service Academies, Pingree Announces

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Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced that the two Maine students she nominated to attend U.S. Service Academies have both been accepted. Falmouth High School senior Samuel Yoon will attend the Air Force Academy in Colorado and Greely High School senior Riley Record will attend the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York. “Being accepted to a U.S. Service Academ...

Ranking Member Pingree: Abrupt Cancellation of NEA Grants Jeopardizes Jobs, Main Streets, and a $1.2 Trillion Industry

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, which oversees funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), issued the following statement on the Trump Administration's abrupt termination of arts grants nationwide: The Trump Administration's sudden cancellation of hundreds of previously award...

Ranking Member Pingree: Trump’s EPA Purge an Unconscionable Attack on Science and Public Health

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD): Dismantling the EPA's Office of Research and Development is an unconscionable attack on science and ...

Congresswoman Pingree Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort to Expand and Strengthen Local Meat Processing

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Today, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Jim Baird (R-Ind.), along with U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), reintroduced legislation to support small meat and poultry processors throughout the U.S. The bipartisan, bicameral Strengthening Local Processing Act would make it easier for local livestock and poultry producers to process meat locally, by expanding...

Pingree, Murkowski, Salazar, and Cantwell Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Push to Boost US Blue Economy, Support Coastal Communities

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Today, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) and U.S. Senators Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced legislation to strengthen coastal communities and the blue economy across the U.S.—through technological research and development, job training, and cross-sector partnerships. The bipartisan, bicameral Ocean Regional Opportunity and Innova...

Merkley, Pingree Demand Trump Administration Halt Implementation of Reckless Reorganization at the Department of the Interior

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Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s move to significantly reorganize t...

Pingree, Heinrich Lead Charge to Reach Net-Zero Emissions, Boost Profitability in US Agriculture

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In honor of Earth Day, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA), comprehensive legislation that aims to help the U.S. reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural sector by 2040—while giving America’s farmers more tools and resources to increase their profitability. “From historic droughts and wild...

Hundreds Turn Out for Pingree In-Person Town Hall

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Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree hosted a town hall at Camden Hills Regional High School, drawing a capacity crowd of more than 800 Mainers for a wide-ranging conversation about the future of the country—and the increasingly alarming and chaotic policies of the Trump Administration. During the 90-minute event, constituents asked questions and shared their concerns on a variety of topics, from ...

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